Deaths Pauline Tormey 56 Mt Vernon native dies in Mt Vernon
Pauline Tormey 56 of 711 Harrison died 11 30 p m Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital after five weeks as a patient Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Myers Chapel with Rev Morrison Bundy officiating Friends may call after 4 p m today Burial at Oakwood Cemetery She was born August 24 1910 in Mt Vernon daughter of Elmo and Effie Bundy Rector Married July 2 1939 to John T Tormey in Wickliffe Ky He survives Also surviving is her mother Mrs Effie Rector of Mt Vernon Member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Pauline Tormey
Harrison
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Morrison Bundy
Oakwood Cemetery
Tormey
Mt. Vernon
Elmo and
Effie (Bundy) Rector
John T. Tormey
Wickliffe, Ky
American Legion Auxiliary
Effie Rector
Calvin Bennett Dies At 76 Rites Thursday
Calvin Bennett 76 of Route 1 Macedonia died at 12 10 am Tuesday at Franklin Hospital Benton WWI veteran born March 6 1891 in Hamilton County. Survived by wife Mary one son Everett Bennett Route 1 Macedonia and brother Francis Bennett of Mattoon IL. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Macedonia Methodist Church. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Body at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro after 4 pm today.
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Calvin Bennett
Route 1
Macedonia
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Methodist Church
I. E. Miller
Gholson
McLeansboro
Mr. Bennett
Hamilton County
John
Annie
Oliver) Bennett
Mary
Everett Bennett
Francis Bennett
Mattoon
Eva Irvin Dies Graveside Rites Set
Mrs Eva B Irvin of Farmington Missouri died at 11 55 am Tuesday in Sunset Nursing Home Farmington She was a former Hamilton County resident Graveside rites are planned for 330 pm Thursday at Hickory Hill cemetery near Broughton with Reverend Robert Larner officiating She was born in Illinois daughter of Samuel and Adeline Jackson Smith She was married to Amos Irvin who preceded her in death Four daughters survive Ruth Meng Tulsa Juanita DeWinter St Louis June Harris LaPunta Rachel Calvin Evansville This obituary notes her graveside service and surviving children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva B. Irvin
Farmington
Hamilton County
Hickory Hill Cemetery
Broughton
Robert Larner
Irvin
Illinois
Samuel and
Adeline (Jackson) Smith
Amos Irvin
Fred Wedemeyer Jr dies at 45 rites Saturday
Fred H Wedemeyer Jr 45 a former Mt Vernon resident died at 6 10 am in John Cochran Veterans Hospital St Louis after ten days as patient He lived 415 South Main Red Bud 10 worked as grain elevator clerk He was Moose Lodge and American Legion member Funeral 1 30 pm Saturday Schroeppel Funeral Home Collinsville Rev C H Kuhlmann officiating burial in St Johns Cemetery Collinsville Born June 2 1921 Caseyville IL Married Rosemary Stewart July 4 1952 Survived by wife father Fred H Wedemeyer Sr Red Bud and two daughters Mary Catherine and Barbara Ellen both at home.
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Fred H. Wedemeyer Jr
Mt. Vernon
John Cochrane
Circuit Court Traffic Fines From Local Court
Circuit court records show multiple traffic fines across several towns. Carroll E. McFarland Braseville Ill. faced 10 dollars for driving too fast for conditions. Debi K Schwitz 100 dollars assessed with 10 dollars for improper lane usage. Carl Colle Nason 10 dollars for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Charles K Glaz ner 517 south 2th 19 dollars for having a legal murder on a vehicle. Gary Lee Stratton 2701 College 100 dollars for reckless driving and 50 dollars for license suspension. James R Consert Route 3 Elizabeth town Ill. 10 dollars for improper passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll E. McFarland
Braseville
Debi K. Schwitz
Carl Colle
Nason
Charles K. Glazner
South 2Th
Gary Lee Stratton
College
James R. Consert
Elizabethtown
Ill
6th Fleet Stands By For Orders Clash With Soviet Vessels
The 6th Fleet reports two Soviet ships a destroyer escort and a spying trawler cruising near American units for days. Officers describe the action as like uninvited guests at a party with some proximity risk but not harassment. US forces include carriers plus Little Rock Galveston and about a dozen destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oas
6Th Fleet
Martin
China
Little Rock
Galveston
Three Die In Two Families Auto Crash Details Revealed
A weekend highway crash killed three people from one family and two from another as two vehicles collided on Illinois 84 near Hampton. Survivors include Mrs Helen Colbroth of Creal Springs. The Choate family from Creal Springs had been visiting and were en route home to Hinckley, DeKalb county. Bodies were taken to Cosby and Hiles funeral homes for services. Coroner John Richardson will conduct an inquest into the deaths.
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Teresa M. Choate
St. Louis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Barnes Hospital
Creal Springs
Hinckley
DeKalb County
Chicago
Choate
Helen Colbroth
Joann Rita Criswell
East Moline
Ilinois
Hampton
Jefferson County
John Richardson
Hams Talk Radio Calls From Wounded Veterans
A Watts radio operator and his team of Radiomen relay calls from wounded troops far from home. Hams in California and Oregon handle long distance taps, sometimes via Sanctuary station, while others arrange collect calls with Veterans of Foreign Wars posts for access.
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Watts
Sanctuary
Galasyn
George Beaver
Palatka
Fla
Frank
Smokey’ Stover
Rome
Jim Lencion
Hog Market Prices Fall at Mt Vernon Report
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market prices paid to 12 30 p m today were down 50c The top was 22 25 and 22 50 for 200 to 220 lb meat type hogs Sows were down 25c to 19 50 for 300 weight down sows 4300 weight and over 19 25 down Boars were 13 50 and 14 00 After 12 30 p m prices will be based on next days prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon reported price quotes for soybeans at 2.71 a bushel, shell corn at 1.30 and ear corn at 1.27 in the afternoon market update.
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Mt. Vernon
Cash Grain Prices in Chicago Report
AP notes wheat No 2 hard near 1.68 and No 2 red at 1.66. Corn No 2 yellow around 1.40. Oats No 2 heavy white about 77. Soybeans No 1 yellow near 2.90 and soybean oid 10.28. Market figures reflect recent price quotes for major grain commodities in Chicago.
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Chicago
St Louis Produce Prices and Grades
St Louis notes consumer egg grades A large 22-25 cents, A medium 19-21, A small 15-17, B large 19-22, standard 20-22, unclassified 19-20. Hens heavy 12-13, light over 5 lbs 8-9, under 5 lbs no price, broilers and fryers 24-24 percent.
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St, Louis
Chicago Produce Markets Report Butter Eggs and Poultry
Chicago AP markets list butter grades AA through B with prices, cars and egg whites mixed mediums and standards, plus USDA live poultry roasters and special fed white rock fryers price ranges. Contains Chicago Mercantile Exchange figures and market shorthand for dairy eggs and poultry.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
USDA
Livestock futures at National Stockyards report
Estimates for Thursday show hogs at 7,500 head with 200 to 250 pound barrows and gilts at 22.25 to 22.60 dollars and sows 17.50 to 22.25. Cattle at 4,000 with good to choice steers 23.50 to 26.50, heifers 23.50 to 25.25, cows 17.50 to 19.50, and calves 18.00 to 24.00. Sheep at 500 with lambs 25.00 to 26.50 and ewes 5.00 to 7.00.
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National
Wall Street slides as tensions in Middle East weigh on markets
Wall Street fell broadly in active trading with the Associated Press 60 stock average down 3.8 to 318.3 and the Dow Jones 30 industrials down 9.13 to 855.85 at noon. Losses led by Du Pont, IBM, Xerox, United, Boeing, and General Dynamics amid Middle East tensions.
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Middle East
du Pont
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Xerox
IBM
United
Boeing
General Dynamics
Control Data
Pittston
Chicago and North Western Railway
American Stock Exchange
Marriage Licenses Reported For Several Couples
Several couples are listed with ages and addresses for marriage licenses. Names include Roger Glasco and Carolyn Dedman both aged 20, Arthur Reynolds and Wanda Dent aged 36 and 39, Bonnie Simmons and Laura Smith aged 39 and 23, Harry Shelton and Pauline Holland aged 55 and 58, Robert Campbell and Joetta Stevenson aged 21, James Wojtowicz and Rebecca Yanez aged 19. Locations span Main Street Oswego Wal tonville Route 1 Salem Dix Mt. Vernon and Dix.
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Roger Lee Glasco
Main Street
Carolyn Dedman
Logan Street
Arthur R. Reynolds
Waltonville
Wanda L. Dent
Bonnie
George D. Simmons
Salem
Laura Smith
Dix
Harry Shelton
Mt. Vernon
Pauline Holland
Main
Robert B. Campbell
Oswego
Ill
Joetta Stevenson
Casey Avenue
James A. Wojtowicz
Dubois
Rebecca Yanez
Conger Avenue
Crocodile Teeth Cleaned by Entering Birds
Crocodiles keep their teeth clean by allowing small birds to enter their mouths and pick off lodged debris. The practice, noted in Britannica, highlights a symbiotic relationship between crocodiles and certain bird species. Watermelon cultivation traces back over four thousand years per Britannica.
May 31, History Highlights From 1793 to 1967
On May 31 history marks the start of the terror in the French Revolution in 1793, Walt Whitman’s birth in 1819, the 1898 Johnstown flood death toll, 1910 Union of South Africa founded, Jutland naval battle 1916, 1943 French squadron joins Allies, Eichmann executed 1962. Ten years ago talks on nuclear tests, five years ago a Voghera train crash killed 63, one year ago Buddhist leaders met with South Vietnamese officials.
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Associated Press
Walt Whitman
Johnstown
Union of
Alexandria
Egypt
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
United States
Voghera
Italy
South Vietnam
Hospital Notes list patients by name and address
The page records admissions and discharges at Jefferson Memorial with numerous patient names and home addresses across towns such as Wayne City Waltonville Newton and Dix along with scattered notes on doctors and wards. It also briefly notes historical details about Brigham Young leading Mormons Nauvoo and a Britannica precipitation figure for Guatemala and a line about Andrew Johnson as 17th US president later senator.
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Jefferson Memorial
James Russell Newell
Enfield
Tony Bicanich
Bonnie
Ora Bumpus Adcock
Fairfield Road
Doris Leslie Jennings
Perkins
Melinda Sue Jennings
Elizabeth Estelle Carlton
North 9Th
Lucille Ruth Keller
Westcott
Myra Boster
South 17Th
Rita Knowles
Melissa Dalby
Ina
LaMar LaThey Choate
Wayne City
Benjamin Artmus Lomax
RFD
Keelin Grant Bruce
Ronda Lynn Crash
Charles Columbus Cantrell
Salem
Good Samaritan
Randy Rector
Keenes
Billy Pride
South 20Th
Ruby Slaton
Mannen
Gertrude Bozarth
Oakland
Birdie Settle
Inn
Merrill Musgrave
Boston
Jacque Gaunt
Strawberry
Gladys Kolkmeier
South 24Th
Mabel Boos
George
Hildred Roberts
Waltonville
Scott Allen
Hazel Memmer
Larry Peterson
Opdyke
Truly Gowler
South 19Th
Deanna Sides
Woodlawn
Steven Hamilton
Jamison
Anita Grigg
North 11Th
Harley Morlan
South 15Th
Evelyn Mulligan
Pace
Cora Sulcer
Florence Duncan
Dix
Homer Flanagan
Mary Ann Mooney
S. E. Crescent
Ivan Clark
Carolyn Kemp
Belle Rive
Lena Towal
Kensington
Thelma Kincaid
Peach
Maude Minor
Mt Vernon Weather Outlook With Temperatures and Rainfall
The Mt Vernon forecast shows Monday high 86 and low 63, Tuesday 72/53, with rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Tuesday to 7:00 a.m. Wednesday at 15 inches and year-to-date 15.55 inches. It notes past conditions: one year ago 72/44, five years ago 85/?, ten years ago 83/63, and Thursday sunrise 4:33 with sunset 7:22.
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MT. Vernon
Southern Illinois Weather Outlook Dips Below Normal
Southern Illinois temperatures are expected to average 5 to 10 degrees below normal with minor day to day changes. Normal highs run 79 to 84 and lows from 58 to 65. Precipitation totals 1 to 2 inches in several shower and thunderstorm periods, especially Thursday through Saturday.
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Southern
Illinois
Illinois Weather Report Shows Broad Cool Spell
Except for some 7 degree readings in extreme Southern Illinois the state was generally cool with mostly cloudy skies and periods of rain. Temperatures ranged from 80 in the Cairo area to 54 at Quincy and on the Lake Michigan shore. Chicago recorded 48 at the lakefront overnight and 59 along the Ohio River, with little change foreseen for Thursday.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Mercury
Cairo
Quincy
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Ohio River
Birth announcement for a base hospital birth Thomas Scott McPherson
A son was born Monday at Whiteman Air Force Base Hospital Missouri to Mrs Russell Mc Pherson and A-2e. He weighs seven pounds fourteen ounces and is named Thomas Scott. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Warren Peoples of Centralia and Mr and Mrs Ralph McPherson of this city.
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Russell McPherson
Whiteman Air Force Base Hospital
Missouri
Thomas Scott
Warren Peoples
Centralia
Ralph McPherson
City
Nasser Jordan Pact Tightens Arab Unity to Face Israel
Cairo reports a five year renewable defense pact between Gamal Abdul Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan. They pledged joint military action and stood firm on Gulf of Aqaba and Strait of Tiran rights. Lebanon joined the defense swirl as Turkish bases cited for Arab sovereignty.
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Nasser
Israel
Cairo
Hussein
Jordan
Faisal
Europe
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Strait of Tiran
Turkey
al Ahram
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Semih Gunver
Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ahmed Shukairy
Amman
Red Sea
Britain
Gulf
Elath
London
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hermes
Aden
6Th Fleet
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Adm
Martin
Intrepid
Suez Canal
Vietnam
Middle East
America
Saratoga
Crete
Spy Case At Polaris Base Shocks Scotland Yard Inquiries
Investigators from Scotland Yard flew to Holy Loch in western Scotland amid a spy probe after a British bookie William McAffer was charged under the Official Secrets Act and jailed without bail. A German seaman Peter Dorschel faces incitement charges in England as a U.S. Navy sailor aboard the depot ship Simon Lake is held incommunicado while an intensive security operation unfolds around the Polaris base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Holy Loch
Scotland Yard
Special Branch
Scotland
Glasgow
George Ellis
Simon Lake
Ellis
U.S. Navy
Dunoon
William McAffer
Peter Dorschel
Manchester
England
McAffer
Dorschel
Britain
Christine Wych
Luebeck
West Germany
United States
Library Invites Patrons To Borrow Extra Supply
Mt. Vernon Public Library invites patrons to borrow an extra supply of books to cover the vacation shutdown from June 5 to June 17. Books checked out now are due Monday, June 19.
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Mt. Vernon Public Library
Project Uplift Offers Teacher Training Course
Project Uplift will run an advanced production course for teachers next month at Lincoln Grade School. Sessions run 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily for 12 meetings. The program, starting June 8, offers four quarter hours of credit and focuses on integrating audio-visual materials in the classroom.
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Project Uplift
Lincoln Grade School
Price of Freedom Told Here During Memorial Service
Veterans officials participated in a memorial service held to honor discipline and perseverance as a bulwark of freedom for American democracy. Commander Drayton Allison of the American Legion, Commander Art Waite of the Amvets, Commander Jess Brummett of World War I veterans, Elinor Little auxiliary president, Rosita Little junior auxiliary chair, Maria Little past auxiliary chair, and Roy Vane Horn Legion chaplain attended.
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Drayton Allison
American Legion
Art Waite
The
Amvets
Jess Brummett
Elinor Little
Legion Auxiliary
Rosita Little
Maria Little
Roy Vane Horn
Legion
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Fred Wedemeyer Jr
Circuit Court
Dumbo
Oslo
Norway
Arnardo
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
WEA
Freddie
Roelb
Mt. Vernon Grain
Wall Street
New York
Util
Crocodile “Dentista
Encyclospaedia Britannica
Roger Davis
David Dickerson
Brigham Young
Nauvoo, Il
Pacific
Guatemala
Encycolpaedia Britannica
Andrew Johnson
Senatox
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Crectene
Bismarck
Oney
Boise
Samme
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Wwe
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
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Wee
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Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
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Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Belleville
Moline
Ceemamenes
Peorida Weeeeseemerenne
Quincy -Lsreeemeerrreein OA
Rockford Masineenne
Springfield
Si - Vandalia Eeewemee
East Dubuque
Chicago Grant Park
Chicago Midway
Midwest Madison
U.S. Fleet
Strait Command
Thunder
Collie
Rosalie Shorter
Pontiac
Mich
Shorters
Veterans Hospital
Ann Arbor
Polaris
By Rodney Pinder
Hun Hal, Ck
Southers Drug Store
Bob
Bob Williams
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